Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Project Manager role, working across the Kent and Medway Provider Collaborative and based in the Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust. We are looking for an organised and enthusiastic individual with a track record of leading improvements in partnership with reams. You will demonstrate strong project technical skills and the ability to work with a wide range of stakeholders to achieve improvements for patients.
Main duties of the job
The role is busy and varied, working closely with Project Managers and the wider team, to ensure delivery. The project manager will shape and implement core deliverables for the collaborative. You will be responsible for ensuring colleagues and partners are involved effectively and that projects progress in a timely manner. You will have a key role in producing papers and reports for relevant meetings. You will have strong and effective relationships within the provider collaborative team and with colleagues in partner organisations.
The successful candidate will have previous experience of delivering improvements in a complex environment, including involving teams in pathway or process redesign, setting and achieving milestones, identifying risks and putting in place appropriate mitigation. You will be able to produce reports to a high standard and gain buy in from a range of audiences
You will be a confident, innovative and motivated individual, focused on patient care, able to involve patients and wider stakeholders in your work and with a good understanding of healthcare inequalities.
About us
Come and work with us in the Garden of England where we combine exceptional professional development opportunities with a tremendous quality of life.
We are Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust (KMPT), providing mental health, learning disability and specialist services, serving 1.8 million people across the county.
The Trust (rated Good overall by the CQC and Outstanding for care) has 3,283 staff working in 66 buildings across 33 locations, covering an area of 1,450 square miles.
You will be joining friendly, passionate colleagues, rich in their diversity, who are committed to providing excellent care to our service users and their loved ones.
The nature of our work attracts kindness and compassion as standard and everyone from our cleaners and porters to the chief executive and chairman are recognised as playing a vital role in providing an exemplary service.
Benefits
- Annual leave allowance starting at 27 days per year (when working full time) + Bank holidays
- Access to the fantastic NHS pension scheme.
- Eligibility for the Blue Light Card (discount service for the NHS, providing members with thousands of amazing discounts online and on the high street).
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the job description for full details
The role is busy and varied, working closely with Project Managers and the wider team, to ensure delivery. The project manager will shape and implement core deliverables for the collaborative. You will be responsible for ensuring colleagues and partners are involved effectively and that projects progress in a timely manner. You will have a key role in producing papers and reports for relevant meetings. You will have strong and effective relationships within the provider collaborative team and with colleagues in partner organisations.
The successful candidate will have previous experience of delivering improvements in a complex environment, including involving teams in pathway or process redesign, setting and achieving milestones, identifying risks, and putting in place appropriate mitigation. You will be able to produce reports to a high standard and gain buy-in from a range of audiences
You will be a confident, innovative, and motivated individual, focused on patient care, able to involve patients and wider stakeholders in your work, and with a good understanding of healthcare inequalities.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the job description for full details
The role is busy and varied, working closely with Project Managers and the wider team, to ensure delivery. The project manager will shape and implement core deliverables for the collaborative. You will be responsible for ensuring colleagues and partners are involved effectively and that projects progress in a timely manner. You will have a key role in producing papers and reports for relevant meetings. You will have strong and effective relationships within the provider collaborative team and with colleagues in partner organisations.
The successful candidate will have previous experience of delivering improvements in a complex environment, including involving teams in pathway or process redesign, setting and achieving milestones, identifying risks, and putting in place appropriate mitigation. You will be able to produce reports to a high standard and gain buy-in from a range of audiences
You will be a confident, innovative, and motivated individual, focused on patient care, able to involve patients and wider stakeholders in your work, and with a good understanding of healthcare inequalities.
Person Specification
Knowledge, Skills, Training and Experience
Essential
- oExperience of Microsoft Office software including word, excel and power point in order to undertake analysis and create high quality papers
- oTrack record of achieving project milestones on time, with strong engagement
- oExperience of gaining buy in for challenging projects
- oExperience of line managing project staff and taking responsibility for team deliverables
- oDemonstrable leadership experience with evidence of affecting change, process redesign and establishing monitoring/evaluation mechanisms within an NHS setting
- oExperience of demonstrating inclusive project design involving patients or the public
- oKnowledge and understanding of equalities issues relevant to the role
- oAbility to persuade clinicians and senior managers to provide information to deadline
- oAbility to identify project risks and put in place robust mitigation
Qualification and experience
Essential
- oMasters level training or equivalent experience
- oExperience of project management and strategic service development in a complex organisation
Person Specification
Knowledge, Skills, Training and Experience
Essential
- oExperience of Microsoft Office software including word, excel and power point in order to undertake analysis and create high quality papers
- oTrack record of achieving project milestones on time, with strong engagement
- oExperience of gaining buy in for challenging projects
- oExperience of line managing project staff and taking responsibility for team deliverables
- oDemonstrable leadership experience with evidence of affecting change, process redesign and establishing monitoring/evaluation mechanisms within an NHS setting
- oExperience of demonstrating inclusive project design involving patients or the public
- oKnowledge and understanding of equalities issues relevant to the role
- oAbility to persuade clinicians and senior managers to provide information to deadline
- oAbility to identify project risks and put in place robust mitigation
Qualification and experience
Essential
- oMasters level training or equivalent experience
- oExperience of project management and strategic service development in a complex organisation
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
